FOSTERSBURG Notes On Local Visits and Illnesses
Gene Green and family of Sandoval visited last week with his parents and wife. Mes and Mrs. W H Jones spent Tuesday night with their son Lewis who finished sawing wood for the vicinity after three days for Sam Arnold F Griffin Lewis Jones and others. Lee Griffin visited with his brother Marion in Alma. Mrs Mona Arnold returned to Clinton after a three week visit with relatives. Mrs Cecil Lowe had tonsillitis last week. Dr Bundy had a toothache but visited a dentist and is in his usual health again. Bryan Eagan is slowly improving after illness.
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Gene Green
Sandoil
Green
Mes
W. H. Jones
Lewis
Sam Arnold
F. Griffin
Lewis Jones
Lee Griffin
Marion
Alma
Mona Arnold
Clinton
Cecil Lowe
Dr. Bundy
Andy Gump
Bryan Eagan
Promoters Target Hairpins to Airplanes in Blue Sky Debate
Miss Olga M. Steig of Wisconsin rails against mixed promotion schemes from hairpins to airplanes, noting many auto and accessory ventures fail. She says blue sky laws aim to guard investors from fraud, not to halt speculative ideas or independent decisions.
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Madison
Wis
Olga M. Steig
Examiner, Securities Division
Wisconsin
Railroad Commission
Miss Steig
Ford
General Motors
Middle West
Pan Motors
Commission
Iivestar
New York
Slow Motion Analysis of Explosions by Bureau Experts
Washington reports that Bureau of Mines researchers use high speed cameras to film blasts and dust explosions in Pittsburgh and at other labs. They plan to slow the footage to measure flame speed and study detonation dynamics for safer mine operations.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Pittsburgh
Erring Husband Out on $1 Week Allowance
Atlantic City NJ Judge Smathers in Domestic Relations court ordered Frank Carlin to hand $27 of his $28 weekly wage to wife Emma Carlin. He claimed the man’s drinking absence from home left the family short on funds, prompting the unusual weekly allowance ruling.
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Atlantic City
N. J
William H. Smathers
Frank Carlin
Emma Carfin
Houdini Secret Revealed as Electric Telepathy Scheme
The late Houdini’s famed telepathy feat is exposed as a telephone based system. His house was wired with concealed loops under a carpet connected to an electric belt and telephone circuit. A dictaphone and planted utterances fed a receiver to imitate thought transmission. Louis Kraus aided the setup. Houdini claimed no supernatural power.
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York
Harry Houdini
New York World
Oudini
Thomas A. Edison
Houdini
Louis C. Kraus
London
200 Gunners Take Part in War Against Crows
Yorktown New Jersey game wardens tracked the fourth and final Battle of Yorktown as 200 gunners raided the crows roosting in nearby woods. They aimed for 5000 crow slain but exact total uncertain. extra wardens prevented premature shooting while earlier drives drove birds away before the main advance. Local natives report a noticeable drop in the flock size due to the raids.
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Yorktown
N. J
South Jersey
Math problem note from mother explains father subbing at factory
In France a schoolmaster shares a mother’s note about Peter missing class to let his father solve a geometry puzzle. The message describes a man walking at three quarters of a mile per hour to travel around a four mile square field ten and a half times. The father’s long day delays Peter’s return to school.
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Paris
France
Sweden
Peter
Pigs Is Pigs Again as Agent Alters Freight Count
Pittsburgh freight agent Joe McCullough of Minerva Pa. received 12 pigs numbered 17 at arrival. Clerk Cliff Elliman verified the count but the consignee refused delivery. Officials were sought as a dispute arose. Elliman later reported 20 pigs and McCullough altered the bill of lading to read 12 pigs plus natural increase total 20, inducing acceptance.
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Pittsburgh
Joe McCullough
Minerva
Joe
Cliff Elliman
Elliman
Consignee
France to Build Fortifications Around Frontier
Paris report says a new elaborate line of frontier fortifications is essential to VPraunce policy. Funds delayed progress, but after lengthy talks the plan is traced and study begun, with work to start in July and completion years away depending on finances.
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Paris
Vprayce
Miluigter Pulniere
Petit Parisien
Vwrance
M. Painuleve
Spanish royal liner Alfonso III makes New York debut
Conde de Guell arrives on the Alfonso III as Spain plans two new 80,000 ton liners to speed Atlantic service. King Alfonso will visit the United States within a year, aiming to bring Americans to Spain and Seville 1928, with ships Pizarro and Cortez on the New York–Vigo route.
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New York
Alfonso
Spain
United States
Conde de Guell
Castile
Comilla
Alfonso III
Havana
Henry Ford
Seville
Pizarro
Peru
Cortez
Mexico
Vigo
Coluna
Europe
Alfonso XIII
Cristobal Colon
Here
Granada
Cuba
King's Gift to Friend Magnifies France's Real Estate Transfer
Paris reports King Charles X endowed a friend, M. de Chantereine, with land rights triggering future state ownership or demolition. Eight downtown parcels revert to the French government on April 29 after a 99 year lease. The Hotel Regina site sold for 8 million francs, with 25 percent real estate transfer tax to follow on other properties.
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Paris
Charles X
France
Charles
M. de Chantereine
Crown
Republic of France
Hotel Regina
Queen of Spain to Wear Silks Made by Brother
The Spanish queen will wear dress materials made by her brother Lord Carisbrooke. He has entered the artificial silk trade in England and was named chairman of a new company that took over a Braneton plant in Staffordshire. At forty one he served in the army and navy during the war and was tied to a Parts banking firm.
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Madrid
Spain
Lord Carisbrooke
Queen Victoria
England
Braneton
Staffordshire
Two of a Kind Soldier Seeks Leave. Wife Snubs Lie
A soldier asks for leave to help his wife with spring cleaning. The colonel, reading a letter from the wife, says the man is useless. The soldier then reveals he is not married and calls out two men in the regiment who handle the truth loosely.
Star Brand Shoes Line At Cecil D Martins
A brief notice notes Star Brand shoes offered at Cecil D Martins store. The line includes popular athletic footwear and casual styles catering to local shoppers.
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Star Brand
Cecil D. Martins
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